Mister Ron's Basement II

By Ron Evry

***"The stories are gentler than what passes for humor today, but what's surprising is how current some of them are. Human folly doesn't change much from decade to decade."

--John Kelly, Washington Po... more

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Mister Ron's Basement II episodes:

January 20, 2008 Mister Ron's Basement #964
Sun, Jan 20 2008 Mister Ron's Basement #964 Our Monday book serialization is George Ade's 1903 collection, 'In Babel -- Stories of Chicago.' The stories in this book range from the hysterically funny to the pathetically sad. Altogether, they paint a fascinating portrait of turn-of-the-last-century Chicago. Today we hear about a tough guy looking for trouble in 'Willie Curtin -- A Man.' Time: approx twelve minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The George Ade Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/AdeCatalog.html
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January 19, 2008 Mister Ron's Basement #963
Sat, Jan 19 2008 Mister Ron's Basement #963 SUNDAY SALAD offers TWO special Stanley Huntley stories taken from an actual copy of 'Drake's Travelers' Magazine' of July, 1885 (published a month before Huntley's death) -- first a quack inventor tries to get a plug in the newspaper from an editor in 'His 'Boss' Credential' and Mr. and Mrs. Spoopendyke attempt to dig up their dinner at the seaside in 'Digging Clams.' Time: approx nine and a half minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The Stanley Huntley and Spoopendyke Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/Spoopendyke_Stories.html
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10min
January 18, 2008 Mister Ron's Basement #962
Fri, Jan 18 2008 Mister Ron's Basement #962 Mr. Bowser comes up with a fabulous idea to make millions of dollars in 'The Snow and Ice Tycoon' from 1900 by C. B. Lewis under the pen name of M. Quad. Time: approx ten and a half minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The M. Quad (C. B. Lewis) Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/quad.html The M. Quad (C. B. Lewis) Mister Bowser Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/mrbowser.html
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11min
January 17, 2008 Mister Ron's Basement #961
Thu, Jan 17 2008 Mister Ron's Basement #961 Like to find your way to Easy Street? Then listen to Thomas L. Masson's 1905 story, 'Directions.' Time: approx three and a half minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The Thomas L. Masson Index of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/masson.html
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January 16, 2008 Mister Ron's Basement #960
Wed, Jan 16 2008 Mister Ron's Basement #960 Today we offer THREE very short and funny stories by Thomas L. Masson -- A boy gets stuck with an opera ticket in 'Poor Willie,' a man's life from Kindergarten to senility is covered in a few paragraphs in 'Work and Play' and a rich man wants to leave a literary legacy in 'The Refusal' all from 1905. Time: approx seven minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The Thomas L. Masson Index of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/masson.html
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8min
January 15, 2008 Mister Ron's Basement #959
Tue, Jan 15 2008 Mister Ron's Basement #959 A judge uncovers the cause of a raving lunatic's insanity in 'No Hope for Such as He' by Thomas L. Masson from 1905. Time: approx three minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The Thomas L. Masson Index of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/masson.html
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4min
January 14, 2008 Mister Ron's Basement #958
Mon, Jan 14 2008 Mister Ron's Basement #958 Returning to Thomas L. Masson's 1905 collection, 'A Corner in Women,' we encounter a burst of inspiration from a widely-known playwright in 'It Was All Right.' Time: approx three minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The Thomas L. Masson Index of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/masson.html
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4min
January 13, 2008 Mister Ron's Basement #957
Sun, Jan 13 2008 Mister Ron's Basement #957 Our Monday book serialization is George Ade's 1903 collection, 'In Babel -- Stories of Chicago.' The stories in this book range from the hysterically funny to the pathetically sad. Altogether, they paint a fascinating portrait of turn-of-the-last-century Chicago. An old college buddy is recruited to back up a wild story in 'The Scapegoat.' Time: approx seven minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The George Ade Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/AdeCatalog.html
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8min
January 12, 2008 Mister Ron's Basement #956
Sat, Jan 12 2008 Mister Ron's Basement #956 SUNDAY SALAD offers TWO Stanley Huntley stories -- from 1883, A Minister attempts to bring a request to the assumptive newspaper's editor in 'A Trifling Misunderstanding' and Mr. and Mrs. Spoopendyke search for a missing raincoat in 'Wanted His Waterproof' from 1882. Time: approx ten and a half minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The Stanley Huntley and Spoopendyke Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/Spoopendyke_Stories.html
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11min
January 12, 2008 Mister Ron's Basement #955
Sat, Jan 12 2008 Mister Ron's Basement #955 Mr. Bowser takes his wife fishing in C. B. Lewis's 1887 story, 'Woman's Luck.' Time: approx seven minutes The Mister Ron's Basement Full Catalog can be found at: http://ronevry.com/Mister_Rons_Full_Catalog.html The M. Quad (C. B. Lewis) Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/quad.html The M. Quad (C. B. Lewis) Mister Bowser Catalog of Stories is at: http://ronevry.com/mrbowser.html
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8min

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